What your child will discover
Help the child distinguish four common injury types and respond safely. Teach that some injuries are minor while others require urgent professional care.
Lesson 180 of 300
What Are Cuts, Bruises, Burns, and Bumps?
Recognise common injuries and learn to stop, move to safety, tell an adult, and allow a caregiver to provide appropriate first aid or seek medical help.
3–4 yearsWorld, Shapes & CommunityAdult guided
World, Shapes & Community · KnowledgeForKids.com
Listen together · adult controls the audio
The spoken lesson
"A cut opens the skin, and a scrape rubs the top skin. A bruise happens when small blood vessels beneath the skin are damaged. A burn damages tissue through heat, hot liquid, steam, chemicals, electricity, or another source. A bump happens when the body strikes something, and a head bump needs careful adult attention. When you are injured, stop and move away from danger. Tell a caregiver immediately and show where it hurts. Do not hide an injury or touch another person's blood. Some injuries need emergency help. Stop, tell, show the injury, and let an adult help." DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: Use symbolic or very mild injury imagery. Place all detailed first-aid guidance in the caregiver area. Avoid graphic wounds, blood, burns, frightening emergency scenes, medicine recommendations, or child-performed treatment.
Words to notice together
CUTSCRAPEBRUISEBURNBUMPSTOPTELL AN ADULTSHOW WHERE
Make it real
Pause, point, name what you notice, and connect the idea to something familiar in your child's day. Repetition, a calm voice, shared attention and dependable care matter more than finishing quickly.